The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-07-16

pointing with his cane TO = couple of
Stats on the floor, about In the relative
position that he and his wife were sleep
ing. which caused he girl TO blush and
look out the front window At one Of the
mules. I'VE were both sleeping. and
! was dreaming about fire. You see !
had been afraid of fires all day. the wind
blew so hard and had been TO the lire at
the brewery that day, so IL was no won
der dreamed Of fire. My wife had
eaten some dandelion greens for supper.
and they set heavy on her stomach, as
! told her they would when she was
eating them. and she said afterwards
she was dreaming Jumbo was walking
mp AID down ON her. though Jumbo Is
dead and Barnum has settled with the
railroad company for ten thousand dol
lars, which seems TO ME To be small
sum for an elephant that cost so much
as Jumbo did, though Barnum might
have lied about the price he paid for
the elephant"
AT this point the ear stopped and
several young girls aud the insurance
man got of. and the old man turned 10
the train dispateher's young man and
continued:
well, all of a sudden a bell rang
out clear, and We both woke mp, scared.
My wife thought it was the burglar
alarm. and she tried 10 climb over me
10 get 10 the indicator To see what part
of the house the burglar was trying TO
get in. You see we have had that
burglar alarm set for seven wears, every
night, and IL has never rung. and IL
was no wonder my wife was anxious 10
find out where the burglar was. She
felt as though our long and patient
waiting for burglar was about To be
rewarded. and that we were going 10
realize on our outlay for the burglar
alarm. so she was climbing over me.
when | concluded II was the telephone
bell. and | was going To climb out on
her side. and we collided. She went
ont over the foot board and struck her
knee pan against the top OF IL, and
screamed murder
The train dispatcner's young man
excused himself and said he would
have To get of. and so the old kicker
turned To the only girl that was left
and who works In box factory and
continued:
"My wife thought she had been
shot ia the knee by burglar. and af-
ter looking al the indicator she went
back To bed. and visited the tele-
phone. A bass voice answered me.
and said there was n message for me.
| | was little nervous, because |
thought a message at that time of night
meant that somebody was dead. but
had courage To listen, and told the
telephone man TO go ahead"
The box factory girl rung the bell,
and got of the car 1T her corner. and
the old kicker looked mad. but he
turned To big whiskered man with
| lin pail Of lunch. who sat sleepily la
the opposite corner Of the car and
touched him on the knee with his cane
and proceeded.
"The telephone man read the mes
sage. Send carriage To six o'clock
train. and then was hot. l said,
excuse me, but amt this message
triiie late. and he said, III don't know
az IL is, and told him II seemed Ia me
that since the train alluded To had ar
rived seven hours previously, II was
not absolutely necessary TO wake "A
family out Of sound sleep. ut mid
sight. when the message would keep
all morning. and cause woman 10
sprain her knee trying to catch the
burglar alarm, bnt the telephone man
said he didn't know but IL might be in
teresting 10 know that the dispatch had
arrived. and he wanted something 10 do
10 keep him awake. so he had called
me up. Then stood there in my
night-shirt and for half nm hourI gave
that telephone man. who wanted some
thing to keep him awake. my opinion
oi the telegraph, and | worked In n
good deal about the telephone monopo-
", that didn't set very well ON his
stomach. guess. for after | got
through talking | said Hello but he
was not listening to me. rs guess he
turned himself of. and let mo talk
alone.
ANY WAY my wife called Ia me to get
the camphor TO rub on her knee. aud
the fact Of the matter Is we didn't sleep
another wink all night. Don't YOU
think IL was a shame and AN outraged"
10 the big whiskcred man with The
lunch. who had pulled the strap ~ get
OF.
"vosp" said the big whiskerod man.
~ be- got up 10 get OIL.
I'll say. don't YOU think u Was .
shameP"